Please don't cryFor the ghost in the storm outsideThey'll not invade this sacred shrineNor infiltrate your mindMy life down I will lieIf the bogeyman should tryTo play tricks on your sacred mindTo tease, torment and tantilizeWaring shadows loomA piano plays in an empty roomThere'll be blood on the (cleaver) tonightAnd when darkness lifts and the room is brightI'll still be by your sideYou'll never be alone againAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineSeeing shadows shimmy, dieAnd when the wardrobe (.....)The sadness in your beautiful eyesYour untouched, unspoiled, wondrous eyesMy life down I will lieShould restless spirits tryTo play tricks on your sacred mindI once had a child and it saved my lifeAnd I never even asked his nameI just looked into his wondrous eyesAnd said neverNever never againAnd all too soon I did returnJust like a moth to a flameSo rattle my bones all over the stonesBecause I'm only a beggar and nobody almsSee how words recindI'm here and here I'll stayTogetherTogether we'll prayYuo'll never need be alone againYour eyesAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineAs long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mineClimb upon my sunny bones ....Feel So Different---- -- ---------I am not like I was beforeI thought that nothing would change meI was not listening anymoreStill you continued to affect meI was not thinking anymoreAlthought I said I still wasI'd said "I don't want anymore"Because of bad experienceBut now I feel so differentI feel so differentI feel so differentI have not seen freedom beforeAnd I did not expect toDon't let me forget now I'm hereHelp me to help you to behold youI started off with many friendsAnd we spent a long time talkingThought they meant every word they saidBut like everyone else they were stallingAnd now they seem so differentThey seem so differentThey seem so differentI should have hatred for youBut I do not have anyAnd I have always loved youOh you have taught me plentyThe whole time I'd never seenAll you had spread before meThe whole time I'd never seenThat all I'd need was inside meNow I feel so differentI feel so differentI feel so different.I Am Stretched On Your Grave- -- --------- -- ---- -----I am stretched on your graveAnd will lie there foreverIf your hands were in mineI'd be sure we'd not severMy apple tree my brightnessIt's time we were togetherFor I smell of the earthAnd am worn by the weatherWhen my family thinksThat I'm safe in my bedFrom night until morningI am streteched at your headCalling out to the airWith tears hot and wildMy grief for the girlThat I loved as a childDo you rememberThe night we were lostIn the shade of the blackthornAnd the chill of the frostThanks be to JesusWe did what was rightAnd your maiden head stillIs your pillar of lightThe priests and the friarsApproach me in dreadBecause I still love youMy love and you're deadI still would be your shelterThrough rain and through stormAnd with you in your cold graveI cannot sleep warmSo I'm stretched on your graveAnd will lie there foreverIf you hands were in mineI'd be sure we'd not severMy apple tree my brightnessIt's time we were togetherFor I smell of the earthAnd am worn by the weather.Three Babies----- -----Each of theseMy three babiesI will carry with meFor myselfI ask no one else will beMother to these threeAnd of courseI'm like a wild horseBut there's no other way I could beWater + feedAre not tools that I needFor the thing that I've chosen to beIn my soulMy blood + my bonesI have wrapped your cold bodies around meThe face on youThe smell of youWill always be with meEach of theseMy three babiesI was not willing to leaveThough I triedI blasphemed + deniedI know they will be returned to meEach of theseMy babiesHave brought you closer to meNo longer mad like a horseI'm still wild but not lostFrom the thing that I've chosen to beAnd it's 'cos you've thrilled meSilenced meStilled meProved things I never believedThe face on youThe smell of youWill always be with me.The Emperor's New Clothes--- --------- --- -------It seems like years since you held the babyWhile I wrecked the bedroomYou said it was dangerous after sundayAnd I knew you loved meHe thinks I just became famousAnd that's what messed me upBut he's wrongHow could I possibly know what I wantWhen I was only twenty-one?And there's millions of peopleTo offer advice and say how I should beBut they're twistedAnd they will never be any influence on meBut you will always beYou will always beIf I treated you meanI really didn't mean toBut you know how it isAnd how a pregnancy can change youI see plenty of clothes that I likeBut I won't go anywhere nice for a whileAll I want to do is just sit hereAnd write it all down and rest for a whileI can't bear to be in another cityOne where you are notI would return to nothing without youIf I'm your girlfriend of notMaybe I was meanBut I really don't think soYou asked if I'm scaredAnd I said soEveryone can see what's going onThey laugh 'cos they know they're untouchableNot because what I said was wrongWhatever it may bringI will have my own policiesI will sleep with a clear conscienceI will sleep in peaceMaybe it sounds meanBut I really don't think soYou asked for the truth and I told youThrough they're own wordsThey will be exposedThey've got a severe case ofThe emperor's new clothes.Black Boys On Mopeds----- ---- -- ------Margret thatcher on t.v.Shocked by the deaths that took place in bejingIt seems strange that she should be offendedThe same orders are given by herI've said this before nowYou said I was childish + you'll say it now"remember what I told youIf they hated me they will hate you"England's not the mythical land of madame george + rosesIt's the home of police who kill black boys on mopedsAnd I love my boy + that's why I'm leavingI don't want him to be aware that there'sAny such thing as grievingYoung mother down at smithfield5 am looking for food for her kidsIn her arms she holds three cold babiesAnd the first word that they learned was "please"These are dangerous daysTo say what you feel is to dig your own grave"remember what I told youIf you were of the world they would love you"England's not the mythical land of madame george + rosesIt's the home of police who kill blacks boys on mopedsAnd I love my boy + that's why I'm leavingI don't want him to be aware that there'sAny such thing as grieving.Nothing Compares 2U------- -------- --It's been seven hours + fifteen daysSince u took your love awayI go out every night + sleep all daySince u took your love awaySince u been gone I can do whatever I wantI can see whomever I chooseI can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurantBut nothingI said nothing can take away these blues,'cos nothing comparesNothing compares 2 uIt's been so lonely without u hereLike a bird without a songNothing can stop these lonely tears from fallingTell me baby where did I go wrongI could put my arms around every boy I seeBut they'd only remind me of youI went to the doctor guess what he told meGuess what he told meHe said girl u better have funNo matter what u doBut he's a fool'cos nothing comparesNothing compares 2 uAll the flowers that u planted mamaIn the back yardAll died when u went awayI know that living with u baby was sometimes hardBut I'm willing to give it another try'cos nothing comparesNothing compares 2 uJump In The River---- -- --- -----The phone callsAlways left me unsureThey'd never say things of their own accordI am preoccupiedI can't get them out of my mindThey are terrifiedAnd if you said jump in the river I wouldBecause it would probably be a good ideaYou're not supposed to be here at allIt's all been a gorgeous mistakeSick one or clean oneThe best oneThat God ever madeWhen I kissed youYou didn't mindI thought I tasted of too many cigarettesBut you tasted of wineAnd I'm not going to change my mindJust because of what they saidThe worm has laid eggs in their heartsBut not in my head(chorus)There's been days like this before you knowAnd i liked it allLike the times we did it so hardThere was blood of the wallAnd if you said jump in the river I wouldBecause it would probably be a good ideaYou Cause As Much Sorrow--- ----- -- ---- ------I'm full of good intentionsLike I never was beforeIt's too late for preventionBut I don't think it's too late for the cureSo you call in your minionsSee what you can findNight time or morningThese hands are sticky but I don't mindWhy must you always be around?Why can't you just leave it be?It's done nothing so far but destroy my lifeYou cause as much sorrow deadAs you did when you were aliveI never said I was thoughThat was everyone elseSo you're a fool to attack meFor the image that you built yourselfIt just sounds more viciousThen I actually meanI really am soft tender + sweetWhy must you always be around?Why can't you just leave me be?You've done nothing so far but destory my lifeYou cause as much sorrow deadAs you did when you were alive(repeat)The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance--- ---- --- -- --- ------------This is the last day of our acquaintanceI will meet you later in somebody's officeI'll talk but you won't listen to meI know what your answer will beI know you don't love me anymoreYou used to hold my hand when the plane took offTwo years ago there just seemed so much moreAnd I don't know what happened to our loveToday's the dayOur friendship has been staleAnd we will meet later to finalise the detailsTwo years ago the seed was plantedAnd since then you have taken me for grantedBut this is the last day of our acquintanceI will meet you later in somebody's officeI'll talk but you won't listen to meI know your answer already(repeat)I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got- -- --- ---- ---- - ------- ---I'm walking through the desertAnd I am not frightened although it's hotI have all that I requestedAnd I do not want what I haven't gotI have learned this from my motherSee how happy she has made meI will take this road much furtherThough I know not where it takes meI have water for my journeyI have bread + I have wineNo longer will I be hungryFor the bread of life is mineI saw a navy blue birdFlying way above the seaI walked on + I learned laterThat this navy blue bird was meI returned a paler blue birdAnd this is the advice they gave me"you must not try to be too pureYou must fly closer to the sea"So I'm walking through the desertAnd I am not frightened although it's hotI have all that I requestedAnd I do not want what I haven't got